According to the Canadian Press, Canadians spent $933 million on video games in 2006, growing the market by 22%. Revenue from console sales ($349M) were up 43 percent. The Nintendo DS Lite was the best selling hardware of the year – 374K units sold. And, surprise, surprise, EA’s NHL 07 was the highest selling game in Canada for the year. The next biggest sellers were, in order:
- New Super Mario Bros
- Gears of War
- Final Fantasy XII
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- GTA: Liberty City Stories
- Super Mario 64 DS
- GTA: San Andreas
- Brain Age
- Gran Turismo 4